詹姆斯·塔普斯科特
Джеймс Тэпскотт

Arc One

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Work: Light, Salt, Water, Wind, Time. Arc One was originally set up as a very long gentle arc of rope-light, dug into and cutting across the surface of a salt lake in Australia. It was left there for a month for the lake’s tidal energy to create new forms and encrust with salt – becoming a part of the landscape itself.

The Arc series is an ongoing project begun in 2010. So far eight Arcs have been produced in Australia, the USA and Portugal.
Photographer: James Tapscott
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source: paper-st-art

My current body of work explores the link between matter and energy, a fusion of subjective and objective reality, and the effect our perception has on the world around us. My works are non-objective, functioning as a conduit between the observer and the environment, to facilitate communication. By using simple, elegant forms and light I seek to create a balance between a ritualistic artistic process and the natural phenomena around me – a balance that has the potential to influence the experience of the viewer or participant, as they allow themselves to enter their own state of balance with the world around them. The forms I create are simple, elegant – without baggage. They enable the viewer to experience the work in a state of nameless non-objectification, if only for the briefest of moments. This primal interaction empowers one to transcend language and embrace the potential to remove all boundaries between self and subject, matter and energy, light, time, information… To see a little more today than they did yesterday.

While being energy efficient and environmentally sensitive my works with their temporal, ephemeral nature strive to remind us of the same traits that our world subtly communicates to us, through the changing of the seasons, through the shifts in climate and topography, that our world exists in time more than space, that like my work it can live on through documentation; a memory of an event, a record of a happening, something that, even if repeated, will never be the same.
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source: mymodernmet

Perth, Australia-born artist James Tapscott creates beautiful and otherworldly outdoor installations using various types of light. For the image immediately above and below, he used fiber optic cable to shine lights on various fields, filling a large space of approximately 70ft x 70xft. Called Transference, it leaves the viewer with that strange and uneasy feeling that we aren’t alone in this world.

Similarly, in The Arc series, the last two photos in this post, the artist uses a 100m long arc of rope light to cut across the surface of a salt lake. Left for nearly a month, the installation kept changing as the lake’s tidal energy helped it to create new forms. Slowly, the rope became encrusted with salt, making it appear as if it was a natural part of the landscape itself.

As he says, “The forms I create are usually quite simple and elegant – without baggage. I strive to enable the viewer to experience the work in a state of nameless non-objectification, if only for the briefest of moments. This primal interaction empowers one to transcend language and embrace the potential to remove all boundaries between self and subject, matter and energy, light, time, information… hopefully to see a little more today than they did yesterday.

“While being energy efficient and environmentally sensitive my works with their temporal, ephemeral nature strive to remind us of the same traits that our world subtly communicates to us, through the changing of the seasons and through shifts in climate and topography, that our world exists in time as much as space.”

Notice how Tapscott’s artworks take on completely different moods during the day (or dusk) than at night.
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source: fubiznet

James Tapscott est un artiste australien qui nous propose de découvrir de superbes photographies réunies sous le nom de « Transference ». Avec l’utilisation de câbles optiques illuminés, le photographe nous propose des clichés jouant avec talent sur la lumière dans de très grands espaces. Plus d’images dans la suite.
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source: etodayru

Австралийский художник Джеймс Тэпскотт (James Tapscott ) создает красивые потусторонние инсталляции, используя различные типы света. Для этой установки он использовал оптоволоконный кабель. Инсталляция называется “Переход”, она заставляет зрителей почувствовать, что мы не одни в этом мире.
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source: thecreatorsproject

호주에서 활동하는 아티스트 James Tapscott은 그의 장소 특정적이고 상황 특정적인 조명 설치작업에서 자연과 과학의 관계를 조명한다. 광섬유 케이블을 장대에서 늘어지게 하며 가로 70피트 세로 70피트의 거대한 면적을 커버한 설치 ’Transference Field’는 바람과 빛이 만드는 예측 불가한 결과를 담아낸다. 밤에 촬영한 이 설치 사진들은 자연발생적 빛의 향연의 장을 보여준다. Tapscott은 설치작업과 주변 환경 사이에서 이루어지는 예측 불가능한 관계를 더욱 예증하기 위해 4개 다른 장소에서 이 작품을 설치했다.

자연과 함께 변화하는 또 다른 장소 특정적 설치작업인 ‘The Arc’ 시리즈는 솔트 레이크 즉 소금물 호수 수면을 따라 조립한 100미터 길이의 로프 조명장치를 선보인다. 호수의 조류변화에 따라 변화하는 로프의 모습은 1개월 이상에 걸쳐 사진으로 기록되었다. 시간이 지나면서 로프는 소금기로 덮이면서 환경과 더불어 더욱 변화를 겪는다. 자연적 조류에 휩쓸려 로프의 위치는 계속 변하고 그에 따른 로프의 빛과 호수가 만들어 내는 선명한 대조는 어떤 영적인 병렬을 연상하게 한다.